‘Obama to tell Netanyahu US gearing up for Iran strike’
‘Obama to tell Netanyahu US gearing up for Iran strike’ | The Times of Israel.
During upcoming visit, president will convey message that window for American military operation opens in June, TV report says
When he visits Israel next month, US President Barack Obama will tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a “window of opportunity” for a military strike on Iran will open in June, according to an Israeli TV report Monday evening.
Obama will come bearing the message that if diplomatic efforts and sanctions don’t bear fruit, Israel should “sit tight” and let Washington take the stage, even if that means remaining on the sidelines during a US military operation, Channel 10 reported. Netanyahu will be asked to refrain from any military action and keep a low profile, avoiding even the mention of a strike, the report said, citing unnamed officials.
In London Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry said an Iran with nuclear weapons was “simply unacceptable” and warned the time limit for a diplomatic solution was running out.
“As we have repeatedly made clear, the window for a diplomatic solution simply cannot remain open forever,” said Kerry, on his first international tour as America’s top diplomat. “But it is open today. It is open now and there is still time, but there is only time if Iran makes the decision to come to the table and to negotiate in good faith.
“We are prepared to negotiate in good faith, in mutual respect, in an effort to avoid whatever terrible consequences could follow failure, and so the choice really is in the hands of the Iranians. And we hope they will make the right choice,” Kerry added.
A fresh round of high-level diplomatic talks were set to begin Tuesday in Kazakhstan — the first since last June’s meeting in Moscow failed to convince Iran to stop enriching uranium to a level close to that used for nuclear warheads.
Two weeks ago, Netanyahu said he was looking forward to Obama’s visit and insisted that he enjoyed a positive relationship with the American president, despite reports to the contrary.
“We worked together closely, closer than how it may look. We worked together on security, diplomacy and intelligence,” he said, warning that Iran’s nuclear weapons program “continues unabated” and that “they’ll soon have enough material to produce a nuclear bomb.”
Netanyahu said earlier this month that he and Obama had agreed on three key areas of consultation during the presidential visit — thwarting Iran’s nuclear drive, grappling with the instability in Syria and the risks of WMD there falling into rogue hands, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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WarSclerotic 
February 26, 2013 at 2:56 AM
LOL. When June comes, Obama will find an excuse to delay it further. Didn’t you know that there is still time to talk. Iran is ready to talk.
February 26, 2013 at 3:01 AM
Obama lies whenever he speaks.
February 26, 2013 at 3:14 AM
While I don’t think we should be hoping for a military conflict with Iran, we have to be realistic — it is very unlikely (improbable) that Iran will give up its quest for nukes. But, for Obama, that assessment is not acceptable and he will continue trying to negotiate long after Iran crosses the threshold. And, therein, lies the problem with any such promise he might give or any assurance he might offer Israel. Nothing he says is at all believeable. Add to that the warranted suspicion that he is, at heart, a vicious pro-Islam anti-semite and what kind of guarantee can he offer the Israeli government?
February 26, 2013 at 5:38 AM
B*LLSH*T!
February 26, 2013 at 4:56 PM
Israel does not need the USA to strike Iran stop deluding yourself John
February 26, 2013 at 4:05 PM
Reblogged this on servehiminthewaiting and commented:
What he says and what he does are often two different things.
February 26, 2013 at 6:11 PM
Its what I said would happen. Obama will tell Israel to sit tight and focus on Gaza and Lebanon while Syria and Iran are flattened.
Israel going into iran is just too risky for the US.
February 26, 2013 at 6:16 PM
Iran will elect it’s next president on June 14. Once that date arrives Hussein will tell us we have a new Iranian partner to negotiate with!
February 26, 2013 at 7:00 PM
It doesn’t matter that much who is the president of Iran because it is Khamnenei who has the ultimate power in Iran.
February 26, 2013 at 6:18 PM
I dont trust Obama but lets wait until June… 😉
February 26, 2013 at 7:27 PM
The US is going to wait till June? Why? Is there a collective amnesia at work here? Both Ha’aretz and The Jerusalem Post reported on Feb 9 under the headline “Ahmadinejad: Iran is already a nuclear power” that Ahmadinejad in Cairo proclaimed that Iran already has nuclear capabilities but is not planning to attack Israel, because Tehran’s capabilities are “defensive-oriented.”.
What is going on? Are we all supposed to have forgotten his statement as if it had never been said? Here is the President of Iran admitting that he has been lying all these years about Iran acquiring the nuclear know-how for peaceful purposes only. So either he lied then, or he is lying now or he lied both then and is lying now. So by simple logic he is a mathematically proven liar.
But even if he is a proven liar, shouldn’t his statement be at least acknowledged in present and future analyses?
Ahmadinejad: I Lied.
http://www.madisdead.blogspot.co.il/2013/02/ahmadinejad-i-lied.html
February 26, 2013 at 10:10 PM
The other thing people need to remember is that due to weather conditions any military operation against Iran has to take place during the Spring or Fall.
Nothing is going to take place during the Summer!
February 26, 2013 at 11:36 PM
One blew up from the inside, the other from the outside. It is written!